REGO, Arménio. Motivações e desempenho de estudantes universitários . []. , 16, 4, pp.635-646. ISSN 0870-8231.

The study aims to show how achievement, affiliation and power motives relate to academic performance of university students. The sample comprises 310 students belonging to three undergraduate courses from the University of Aveiro. The results suggest that: a) affiliation relates null or negatively with performance; b) achievement and power motives relate positively with performance, but this relationship is moderated by the level of dificulty as perceived by students. Motives and perceived difficulty explain around 15% of performance variance.

: Motives; academic performance; perceived difficulty.

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